Bodhinatha has moved on from Canada to Eastern USA with the first stop at the Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Several of the devotee here wanted Bodhinatha to give talks to local Hindu community here. Our trip here was coordinated by Mr. Som Sharma and Dharmalingam Siddhan with the help of various other devotees. One of primary concern of the Hindus here is how to pass on the religion and the culture to the next generation of American Hindus--their children. That seems be the hot topic in every discussion many had with Bodhinatha. Due to unforeseen difficulties with our camera we could not capture the event for our Taka devotees. We had one free evening and was able to be tourist for couple hours.

A couple years ago Pundit Sharma invited Bodhinatha to visit his temple in Canada. Finally, Bodhinatha was able to fulfill his request. Upon arrival, Bodhinatha was formally greeted and you can see he is seated on a very majestic asana! The day happened to be their Hanuman Puja day. Bodhinatha gave a wonderful talk on Hanuman as a examplary bhaktar or devotee regardless what denomination of Hindu we are. He also elaborated the importance of temple worship. In conclusion, Bodhinatha suggested to the assembled devotees that we should always visit a temple with an offering. By giving we are opening the channels to receive the blessings. He added, one way to extend the temple vibration and bring the devas to your home is to light a lamp in your home shrine immedietely upon returning home. His talk was well received by all attended.

The Ram Temple is actively teaching the next generation of Hindus--both religion and culture.

Today Bodhinatha made two short visits to two different mandirs. The first one was the Vishnu Mandir. It is a beautiful mandir with its wonderful museum. It is headed by Pundit Dr. Doobay. Bodhinatha gave a short talk to the congregation gathered there for their Monday Siva puja. Bodhinatha was here many years ago to preside the installation of Lord Murugan's deity.

Then we went to the Sanatan Mandir. Bodhinatha gave a talk on Siva and temple worship. Again the devotees are doing their Monday Siva worship. Most of the congregation are originally from Gujarat. They were so delighted that Bodhinatha honored their request. They extended an open invitation for Bodhinatha to visit the mandir anytime he is in Toronto. We also had the pleasure of meeting our Mauritius devotees Prabhakur Bakee and his wife who are living Toronto now.

Another grand event was held for Bodhinatha at the Ganesha temple in Richmond Hill. The Guru Chronicles was presented during the proceedings. Bodhinatha was honored by the temple President, Mr. Murthy and welcomed by Mr. Arasaratnam

This is the third Yogaswami Mahasamadhi Puja that Bodhinatha attended during this Toronto visit. Sangamam Hall located in Tuxedo Court appartment buildings. Here we have many Jaffna origin Tamil elder. The attendance were about 200 people or so. And about 80% of them are elders. Most of them can't travel to other places due to health challenges. The puja here were organized by Sivathondars under the guidance and leadership of Raja Mohan. It was greatly appreciated by the elders. Many of them knew Yogaswami personally. Many had the great boon of serving for Swami and singing with him as a child. Once they knew there is Tamil speaking swami they wanted to share their experiences with Yogaswami. It was wonderful event all in all.

Upon arrival Bodhinatha was seated on the Simhaasana and pada puja was performed. About 150 or so people attended. Each one came forward and did a milk abhishekam to the Guru's Holy Feet!

On the March 31st morning we went to the Richmond Hill temple for a specially organized Siva Yogaswami's Mahasamadhi puja. The puja was organized by Mrs. Jayanthi Nikhilananthan, her sisters, family and friends. They are the nieces of Ma Navarathnam who wrote various books on Yogaswami. We had about 150 people gathered for the event.